Is Remi Tinubu next Lagos governor?

July 4, 2013 by Bayo Olupohunda (bayoolupohunda@yahoo.com)

Bayo Olupohunda

It first began like a rumour. Now, it is spreading fast and furious like a wild bush fire in the harmattan. Before we knew it, the speculation had also gone viral on the Internet, creating an instant buzz and talking point online. It is not totally surprising though. As the race for 2015 gathers momentum, speculations about who will occupy which position have become the subject of intense public debate. Usually and as it is with our brand of democracy, they first brew like the anecdotal ‘’beer parlour gossip’’ but they soon begin to gain a life of their own over time.

But as it has often been said, there can never be smoke without fire.

Also in this clime, politicians are usually evasive in declaring their intention for public office. Even when they so desire to run, they will still “insist on consulting with their consistency’’. And when their posters begin to appear like a thief in the night in the public space, they will lay the blame at the doorsteps of their detractors or play the ostrich altogether. It is all part of the game we have become familiar with. Expectedly, the debate about who will succeed Governor Babatunde Fashola in Lagos has begun to tread the same well-worn path. In recent times, speculations about Senator Remi Tinubu’s candidacy have begun to seep into public consciousness. Mrs. Tinubu needs no introduction. She is the wife of Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the past two-term governor of Lagos and the leader of Action Congress of Nigeria. Between 1999 and 2007, she was the First Lady of Lagos. Now, she is a Senator of the Federal Republic. In a recent newspaper interview, Mrs. Tinubu denied any interest in the governorship race. She insisted on concentrating on her charity work. Some newspaper reports had also listed the former school teacher as one of the main successors to the incumbent governor. However, in politics, nothing is certain. Intrigues, wild speculations and deliberate decoys all come with the territory.

In spite of the brouhaha surrounding Mrs. Tinubu’s rumoured ambition, I have decided, for argument’s sake, to debate in this piece, the controversies that have surrounded her political trajectory since her foray into politics in 2011. Let’s for once imagine that the speculation becomes a reality and the senator decides to run as governor; what would be wrong with her ambition? Why would her aspiration (if there was any) be so contentious? Are there factors that would make her ineligible besides being the spouse of a former governor? In 2011, when Mrs. Tinubu became a senator, her emergence was adjudged controversial. A rival candidate was alleged to have been pressured to step down for her at the party’s primary. It is thus understandable if there is a sense in which her political career has been tied to her husband’s influence.

Many people are of the opinion that Mrs. Tinubu’s foray into politics has largely been influenced by her husband’s clout. For example, the speculation about her governorship ambition is seen as an attempt to extend the leverage she has enjoyed thus far. It is also viewed in the public domain as a way to strengthen her family’s hold on Lagos politics. If truth be told, there is no denying the fact that the former First Lady had benefitted from her closeness to the party’s top hierarchy. But such manner of emergence has been the story of those that have gained political power in the party. In a discussion I had with friends recently about the propriety of siblings or spouses of leaders seeking to run for public office, I had posited seeing nothing wrong if the electoral process is not manipulated to favour ambitions. In a true democracy, candidates such as Mrs. Tinubu, must be free to aspire to any position they so desire no matter their family affiliations. But such aspirations must not be to unfairly leverage on their spouses’ political influence. In advanced democracies, where candidates are elected on their own merit, family affiliations count for nothing. In the United States of America, political families like the Kennedys, Clintons and Bushs are known to have a political lineage that transcends generations. During elections, candidates from such families do not enjoy special advantage over other candidates. The most recent example is that of Mrs. Dianne Rodham Clinton, the wife of Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States of America. She was the First Lady during her husband’s two-term in office. She contested and became a Senator from New York between 2001 and 2009. This was after her husband left office as president. In 2008, Mrs. Clinton was a leading candidate for the Democratic Party presidential nomination which she narrowly lost to the incumbent, President Barack Obama. She stepped down recently as the 67th United States Secretary of State and an influential American diplomat of the 21st Century.

In all of her time as a politician, never for once was Mrs. Clinton’s political career linked to the influence of her husband. She has since risen from her ceremonial role as a First Lady to become a leading presidential hopeful for the Democratic Party in the 2016 election. The case of the Bush family also provides a useful example. President George H. Bush, the 41st President of the US and his son, George W. Bush, the 43rd President were both presidents at different times. Perhaps, the most iconic is the Kennedy family. The Kennedys are prominent in American politics and government. Their political involvement revolved around the Democratic Party. The wealth, glamour, photogenic quality of the family members and their extensive and continuing involvement in public service, have elevated them to iconic status over the past half a century, with the Kennedys sometimes referred to as “America’s Royal Family”. Never for once was it reported that elections were manipulated in their favour.

Recently too, Obama’s wife, and the US First Lady, Michelle, is being touted to play a role as a future Democratic Party candidate. The example of Mrs. Clinton has shown that spouses of leaders can excel, not in the shadows of their husbands but as individuals willing to contribute to nation building. Leadership is about service. If an individual in a democracy demonstrates the capabilities to serve the people, they must be given the chance to do so. I make this case not just for Mrs. Tinubu but for spouses of political leaders. We have seen that this is possible even in the advanced democracies. But the electoral processes that produce them must be free and fair.

There are many advantages when spouses of leaders run for elective positions. Apart from being a boon to women participation in politics, it will also be an opportunity to bring their experience to bear on governance. This is because their closeness to their husbands affords them a deep knowledge of how government works. Mrs. Clinton is an example of this. Her rising political career has been attributed to how she successfully understudied her husband’s successful presidency as a First Lady. Incidentally, while many First Ladies have used their positions to perpetuate excesses and the mundane, others have impacted the society positively through social work. Those in the latter category must be encouraged to seek elective positions in a free and fair election. I absolutely see nothing wrong in this.

I am a strong ACN supporter and everybody knows on this forum. Tinubu i nor support you on this , another family nor go still rule Lagos? is Lagos tinubu property?

ayobami

u mean to say i am a blind follower od acn

Edu/Stuttsgat

Will you take your weak protest to Ojota mate?

Gideon17Up

Yes, Lagos is Tinubu’s property. So, what made you think that if Tinubu’s wife ran, she would win. You just do not understand the Yorubas. You are definitely from Edo State.

jay

very jobless

why is punch blocking comments

Lagos state the Tinubu empire is governed and run as he pleases.

Peter2000

Edu/Stuttsgat

Onye uba ya ripened let him rasha. The certified fraudster pear ripened long ago. Please allow him lick as much as he can

Lek

Go back to your state

tianshun chen

in the country of the blind, one man eye is king…Lagos is turning to one man’s property

Saint Cross

tell them waiting your eye dey see tianshun chen

Killimanjaro/London

Go ahead! Mummy G.O. of ACN/APC,(genera overseer) Remo baby, Lagos state is your property and the people are your subjects your royal majesty. Bear in mind that you were said to hailed from Edo state, anyway, Oga @ the top himself & the ACN’s Alpha & Omega hailed from Iragbiji
BOLA + REMI= TINUBU

paul

It won’t work this time we are wiser now

David

The writer of this piece made a great error by not getting right the first name of Mrs Hillary Rodham Clinton. Her first name is not Dianne as the writer of this piece wrongly asserted. Please correct yourself. It is unbelievable that you’re talking about U.S. politics and you don’t even know the first name of Mrs Clinton.

http://runningjimi.wordpress.com/ Jimi Oke

Indeed, Clinton’s first name is Hillary. However, Diane is her second name, although she is rarely addressed as “Mrs Diane Rodham Clinton”. The author is therefore not entirely incorrect, except for the misspelling.

Wisetot

Of what use is the correctness of the names of an American individual to the essence of the message? Why not keep quiet if you have no intelligent contribution.

emperor

Correctness of the name is called education so learn from it and be properly informed.I am sure you never thought of it until it was raised.And this article is just another p r o from jagaban so people like you can see his wife becoming the next governor as okay.

Edu/Stuttsgat

He is young Methusellah, the Public Relations Officer of the fraudster Jagaban Tinuburuku. The imposition bug has caught up with him. forgive the error please

Tito

David,nah too know go kill una.

debarim

When the gods are ready to shame a man; (so goes the adage), they first make him mad. This couldnt have been more fitting to this Tinubu of a man, because one wonders what he thinks himself to be? A saviour, messiah or the redemptor? I could even remember Fashola openly challenged this nepotic, despicable trend in their family in which public office is gradually becoming their private estate. There are millions of Nigerians, capable of transforming Lagos nd if the hired writer had sold his soul to test Yorubas reaction on this dangerous trend, they will end up being the victim while we shall be the victor…

Edu/Stuttsgat

Tinuburuku is the Jagaban of Yorubaland, the Are Ago of Ijebuland and the Generalisimo of Yoroba Politrics. He holds the keys to the treasuries of the south west except Ondo State.
Bayo Olupohunda has successfully flown the kite, let us see a courageous followership flock to Ojota for protest

Brooklyn Allstar

If she becomes governor, Lagos should just be renamed Tinubu Estate. Maybe she should become governor. Her family already has the PIN to the state’s treasury

deri

na una yoruba people sabi-the wife was imposed on lagosian-then the daughter as leader of market women–the son in law as a certificate forging member of the house-lagos is a place where anything can happen provided u are with tinubu d master dribbler-can a non indigene grow larger than the thoughts of the owners of the land-

zendys

Where are you from and whaT cannot happen there?

Kay Soyemi (Esq.)

I am disinclined to abusing people either privately or on public forums, but I came close enough on reading this piece that does the author’s reputation no good.

This is as bad as hogwash can get!

I feel my sensibilities have been assaulted by the careless manner the writer has trampled over modicums of decency by indelicately linking the Tinubu name with the great scions of the American democracy.

Yet this glaring anomaly is not tempered by the fact that it is public knowledge that the Tinubu name is heavily tainted with parochialism and hues and accusation of shortchanging the Lagos and Southwest state treasuries or even imposing imposing members of his household and family on the southwest as if it a family hegemony. Traits that are not discussed when mentioning those American names the author glowingly compared the Tinubu name to.

The Yoruba culture discarded the ajele system of tax collection some century and a bit years ago. That the Tinubu name continue to reverberate in national politics and remain relevant in Yoruba politics is simply because of the performance of a man called Fashola.

I can reassure you, this article; call it kite flying or beer parlour rumour mongering will not fly with the Yoruba. Let Mr. Tinubu try and make Mrs Tinubu the next governor of Lagos and watch how the house of cards will collapse double quick before you can say BAT. The Southwest is not a Tinubu colony and the Yorubas are not his serfs.

Let the clarion call be made loud and clear. This nonsense will not wash!

Ben Whonana

I personally see nothing wrong with the article.The operative phrase is, “I had posited seeing nothing wrong if the electoral process is not manipulated to favour ambitions ” .But therein lies our dilemma.We know that in Nigeria the process will be manipulated to favor the family member,from the primaries to the actual elections.

And its not just Yoruba’s you should be talking about.We need to take our country back from these politicians,be it PDP or ACN.APC or APGA.They are all one and the same.The only difference is the name of the party.

Efes

Compute how much revenues that Gov. Fashola’s Lagos state govt earn in a year, it is even unwarranted to take him for a performing governor. For example, go into Lagos communities and see deplorable road conditions on fully built up streets.

Edu/Stuttsgat

The roads are deplorable to say the least mate

akara

Do you want yorubas to start issuing visas to non-yorubas in Lagos? Every month over 100,000 Nigerians immigrate to Lagos and it’s environs from all over Nigeria. And they are attracted to only one thing, yoruba culture, yoruba hospitality and yoruba civility.

Tell your governors of the remaining 30 states in Nigeria to develop, their states and attract immigrants from other parts of Nigeria. Tell your governors to stop coming to Lagos and acquiring properties for themselves and their families. And within one year the slums in Lagos will reduce by 70%.

In English it is called the “Big apple”, one bite is all it takes. Welcome to Lagos, center of excellence, numero uno, the land of the naija ninjas. Las gidi, finesse, sophistication beyond the average comprehension… Stop hating and use your mental resources to develop wherever it is you come from in Nigeria.

genuinely

You are off-point. Also, there are 36 states in Nigeria and not 31.

akara

Lol.. It’s more like Jang-matics.. But more seriously citizens of 5 yoruba states can never be counted as immigrants.. Therefore, 36 – 6 = 30 non-yoruba states.. And not 31 as you quoted..

genuinely

You are off-point there too in many ways. Where do you put the yorubas in Kwara state? I don’t want to mention some other states.

kenneth

You forget too soon that lagos was once federal capital city and all company headquarters and major port were built there by federal government directives and not lagos state government. The development in Lagos state that you claim to be for the yorubas were built with federal money or you forget that the access in lagos state belong to the federal government.

akara

Lagos was Federal capital city over 30years ago, and the FG has properties and supports development and infrastructiural projects in all 36states of the country.

Did the FG not build a port in port-harcourt and calabar? What are you talking about? Let the federal government choose a new capital city today and leave Abuja and see whether Abuja will not collapse under 5years. With millions of people immigrating permanently away.

doyin

you dont have to rant here on punch you should move lagos away from south west to your mumu region if its possible ……shameless kenneth you eat and dine in another man’s land yet you talk rubbish abt d land….u should be ashamed of yourself

kenneth

Point of correction, i don’t leave in Lagos. what sense can you derive from his comment. You guys always feel that you are more superior than others.

Edu/Stuttsgat

the malaise is call superiority complex. Yorobas feel it when dealing the subject of GEJ. In the eyes of the average Yoroba GEJ is not worthy to step into Aso Villa talk less of occupying it

akara

That’s even worse, you don’t live in Lagos but you understand the development of Lagos. Pls bros, develop yourself and your state. No one has claimed superiority to anyone here, and if that his your perception, why don’t you stay away from matters that you have little understanding about.

Hopefully you will feel a lot better. In the time being why don’t you try to improve your land and prove it that Lagos is not superior to all the remaining non-yoruba states(or jungles) in Nigeria including, the Abuja Facade..

Truthbtold

It seems you know absolutely nothing about Lagos. And it’s not your fault as we’re all free to write something shaa on the digital whiteboard. How many of the millions of south westerners that live in Lagos are true Lagosians with an oriki? Lagos is full of egba, ijebu, other Yorubas, with all other tribes across the nation. Millions of Nigerians were born & bred in Lagos with Yoruba as their first language. Go and ask the likes of fashola. Gbajabiamila who schooled and lived amongst them for most of their youthful life. Lagos cannot thrive as a commercial centre without the commerce. It was once better than what abuja is today with senior government officials from all over the nation, and at the time every nigerian including other yorubas (all commonly called ara oke by typical lagosians) took Lagos as London. So please don’t denigrate the Yoruba race with ignorance and flippant statements cos you and millions of Yorubas in the SW are immigrants too. Remi Tinubu, where is she from? Bola Tinubu where is he from? Fashola can tell you his idi’le likewise gbajabiamila.

Emeka

Thanks Truthbtold for telling the truth. Let us just live in harmony and stop being petty. If this akara man has traveled outside Lagos in the past 2 years, he would have stopped running his mouth about Lagos by now. Truth is that before any typical easterner for example builds a room in Lagos or elsewhere, he must have built a mansion in his village. Go to Abriba(the small London) in Abia State to confirm this. However, we all love Lagos and liberalized and emancipated/ great minds like Fashola and no tribal bigot like akara can send us away from this cash cow state called Lagos. Akara, you can now go jump a well or a cliff for all i care.

Olori1947

The same lie The late Akintola warned us about, you bad breed from fake merchandise; fake phone cards to fake medication your kind have no moral compass go back to your fake abia mansion. Just go

Olori1947

Yes we’re, we’re omo tiwo fe oja aro pu, take that to the bank.

Airiafo Fred Oriunuebho

You are the one talking rubbish, Why insult some who addressed an issue. Please go and learn how to engage in intelligent discuss. What is ‘mumu’?

nnhysjhu

Doyin, U are very useless to think that LAZY yoruba’s can develop anywhere.. Animal

Hauser

Even the Atlantic Ocean belongs to the Federal Government.

El realista

For real? All coastal Countries have 200 nautical miles of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), The Atlantic ocean is 106,400,000 square kilometres , and it is not the property of the FG. But the FG controls Nigeria’s 200 miles of EEZ.

Gideon17Up

You are a liar. There is a difference between Lagos City and Lagos State. Victoria Island saw development by FG, while Lagos State was the development of Western State and Lagos State government. Lagos has been neglected by FG since moving to Abuja and left to rotten! It was due to the diligence of Lagos State after that that continue to develop Lagos, not FG. Just tell your own state government to improve their states, so that you guys do not continue to pollute Lagos.

Johnl Obabueki

thanks keneth, some people talk stupid. the third mainland bridge was not built by lagos state govt, the ports were not built by them, almost all roads were built by the federal govt. for him and his likes to assume so much credit for what nigeria gave to the yorubas atimes is insulting to say the least.

Odenigbo

You are not following the topic. You are really off-track.

akara

If you are not satisfied with how yorubas elect their leaders and you are a non-yoruba (even if you live in yorubaland and pay taxes). If you cannot express yourself and your ideas in a civilized manner, or promote illiogical and irrational ideas/propaganda on the yoruba people and our leadership structure.

Then are you not better off using such ideas for your own people? Nobody forced you to come to yorubaland, yorubas did not solicit for your opinion or assistance. Non-yorubas come from at least 30states in Nigeria, please do the maths, the jang-matics or the GEJ-metics.

Is Fashola the president of Nigeria? How many yoruba-men are commisioners in a non-yoruba speaking state? Especially the north and the south-east/south-south.

I’m on track, non-yorubas should know their boundaries when it comes to affairs in yorubaland like Lagos state. If they do not have any positive contributions to give the yoruba people, is it not better to mind your own business???

ladi9lives

fantastic re-connection.You sir are my man of the day.somebody had to say it.wetin now? in the face of develompent lauded accross continents some people will still come and say he is not doing anything.compare lagos to the other states within the same proximity of population and come back to the table.Lets not even forget that the tons of people migrating to lagos all constitute unregulated ,informal market that usuallty goes untaxed yet place pressing demands on the meagre tax derived from less than 30% of the tax derived revenue.

akara

Thanks boss… Well spoken…

Sheddman

@ Akara This man, are you OK. Why all these ethnicity issues? Is this the topic? Please be quiet if have notthing to say.

akara

You ought to learn to read and understand properly, or better just follow your own advice.

confusion247

@akara……your bigotry is not hidden. Yesterday your talking about one Nigeria, today you are talking about people from your one Nigeria visiting yoruba land. Is this yoruba land of yours another country or in the so called one Nigeria? another evidence to prove that there is nothing one in One Nigeria. We are divided between ethnic and religious line. OJUKWU is a PROPHET. akara or akamu kindly face the topic and stay away from ethnic bigotry.

akara

From the historical information and personal experience I have had as a Nigerian I don’t support a united Nigeria and I never will except specific conditions are achieved. However I am not a tribal bigot either it’s just common sense.

One of the key conditions is the provision of stable 24hrs electricity for Nigerian citizens and inhabitants within reasonable time.

A united Nigeria so far, is just a business requirement initially conceptualized by the British imperialists, and later bequeated to corrupt, selfish, greedy and short-sighted Nigerian leaders.

And my advice, based on the subject of my discussion is that non-yorubas who are not ready to contribute meaningfully to yoruba interests, should kindly direct their efforts to the development of their own people and homelands.

If that is tribal bigotry to you. I guess your dissappointment is just starting. And your prophet does not necessarily have to be my prophet too.. It’s so simple..

Lade

and your position pls?

Dee Kanemi

Immigrants? or you mean residents of other states? At least use the appropriate terms before you start pushing your bigotry agenda.

akara

Yes immigrants… Get a dictionary or grab some panadol, if you have problem comprehending..

Dee Kanemi

You need panadol extra to differentiate between citizens and immigrants.

ladi9lives

(standing applause)…even though you went off on a tangent!

akara

Dont stop applauding, in the time being have a seat. Lagos is an over-populated city. WIth over-stretched infrastructure as a result. And the over-population is fuelled by immigrants from different parts of Nigeria, in search of better opportunities.

If the Nigeian state does not improve, there are limits on how much Lagos can improve. The vehicular traffic on most Lagos roads because of the over-population requires at the least 3times the maintenance costs for such roads in otherparts of the country.

You can stop applauding now and go on to pay your school fees. Remember to do your home-work and don’t skip classes. And look well before you shoot catapult because without tangent you shot will land back on your head.

tolu

It seems that you don’t have knowledge of what the writer and the respondents are saying. They are not talking about the development in the Lagos but political tricks in Lagos. Please sit back and say something better

akara

Follow the thread of my discussion because you obviously don’t have knowledge of what I’m saying and what I am replying to.
.

And really? Tolu? come on get a life. You have no point to prove so don’t impersonate as yoruba, because you are not.

And the subject matter is not about political tricks. It’s a political analysis.

And next time I will charge you for educating you.. Or better still I’ll just make it free education in the great Pa Awolowo style… lolxxx..

John (UK)

@akara, you are not a very intelligent person because anyone who commits his/her money into a place be it building a house or doing business believes in that place. People like you have no money or is very poor to contribute to Lagos. If you are a business man you will understand that the more there are people in a place the more the place thrives and there is development in that area. In case you do not know in economics where there is demand greater than supply business thrives and the place develops. if you really love your land, you would be grateful that people are streaming to Lagos as this aids development. I live in London and London is thriving as the busy place of UK. Whether you like it or not Lagos belongs to Nigeria and Nigerians have the right to invest wherever they like and people who invest have a right to question the government who are ruling them. Get this into your head if you can, properties in Lagos are 60% owned by non Yoruba’s. This is good for development and advancement. Please just to let you know that I am a Yoruba.

El realista

You can’t be an immigrant in your Country.

nnhysjhu

U are very useless to think that LAZY yoruba’s can develop anywhere.. Animal

Johnl Obabueki

mumu. the federal govt developed lagos. i assume you are educated enough to think on that

Rhomax

There are bad roads everywhere in Nigeria. That there are roads that need construction or repairs in Lagos doesn’t take away the the fact that he tried his best to make the state better. We don’t have to condemn his works but need to appreciate his efforts as we remind him of the deplorable state the roads in Lagos are.

ladi9lives

well stated

ayobami

mister man,stop boasting in d traditional yoruba way,wat will u do if she is installed.has he not gotten away wit worst tins in d past,for your information collecting 30% of sw revenue(except ondo),installing his small daughter as iyaoloja and placing his inlaws and girlfriends as chairmen,commissioners,state houses of assembly members,deputy governors,fed legislators etc is worst than imposing his wife as a gov.if u & oda Lille-liver yoruba men av d guts,u wud av challenged him on d above mentioned anomalies committed by dis drug addict,obviously non of u dare challenge him cos all of u are scared dat he might give u d funso williams medicine

Edu/Stuttsgat

You are too frank to be Yoroba mate. I like your guts nontheless

akara

Lolxx.. If using a yoruba name on a forum, is what it takes you to identify a yoruba person. Bros, I don’t know what your objectives are but you definately don’t belong here..

Edu/Stuttsgat

ayobami has posted severally that he is Yoroba pure and simple. What is your beef with his claim?
Are all Yorobas singing the praises of the Jagaban?
Wisen up Omo Oodua

akara

Mr Man lolxxx. Go to wherever hole you come from, and use your senior wisdom there. If you want to become yoruba, there is no point in being obsessed, it’s very easy visit your nearest Oba’s palace and discuss your intention. Else I suggest you visit your nearest police station for directions to the nearest mental health institution..

Patito

Lagos was built by oil money from the SS/SE so your postulation that other Nigerians should leave Lagos with one condition; the Israel /Palestine method which is destroying all the oil money used in building all infrastructures e.g the bridges, ports etc or payment of repatriation of all these structures and let us see all these foolish bragging will lead you. FOOLISH BLACK MAN WITH GUTTER BRAIN FOR MANKIND! because of stupid leaders with useless foresight by now Portharcourt, Calabar, Warri, etc should have been on equal terrain including other cities in Nigeria that have the capacity to have international airports and seaports and these would have stopped all these influx to Lagos….by the way did you know that historically Lagos belong to Binis before the colonial masters short change them? please stop your foolish reasoning here for most of us can equate and substantiate facts.

Lek

Go back to primary school and learn the history of Yorubas/binis.

Edu/Stuttsgat

Why is the Foolani dabbling into Yoroba and Ndigbo tiff? Go check your Osama Bin Shekau and brign him to the negotiating table before the entire north is decimated on account of Boko Haram

Kekeko

I always like how Ibos know the history of the Yorubas even more than the Yorubas, and always thinking if you are non Igbo, you cannot tell the story of the civil war. How deluded!

Femi Pedro

Ayobamiba the overtly ani yoruba south easterner. Have you heard that a goat do not go foraging where lions are feasting.

paul

What I don’t get clear is that the writer comparing thief to Clinton or what.

Is this guy mad?

ayobami

how can u say a messenger of tinubu is performing.fashola is d only boy
boy governor in nigeria,wit over 30bn IGR,dis omo odo can not do 4th
mainland bridge.

Kay Soyemi (Esq.)

And whose messenger are you?

ladi9lives

this boy boy is on performance steroids. unless you need glasses developments are everywhere, securit much better even with the tons of people in the state, transportation…no where compares.People are sneaking into lagos hawking, hustling selling bend down boutique..but they can feed themselves.You will find work in lagos if you really want to work.Many states cannot boast of that…plus the government is running a tax driven government with opex less than 40%…my brother its a good platform to build on.Lets not even talk about the decent compensation of civil servants.the 30bn IGR you talk dismissively about…did it fall from the sky, a plan was articulated and implimented that saw it jump from under 6Bn to 18bn and now 30bn…what else do you want? if e no do 4th mainland bridge e no do rail? e no do BRT? e no do hundreds of streets.if ayobami is not yoruba then it is itsekiri/urhobo and I know these are not know naysayers like you are

Edu/Stuttsgat

The huge tax revenue ends up in somebody fat bank account

ayobami

all fashola does is to plant flower on existing federal
roads,wat is d state of d roads in iyobo,isheri osun,ago palace
way,ikorodu,agege,inside iyana ipaja,okoko,ikate,ijesha,aguda etc

debarim

You have just betrayed the fact that you are one of those being sustained by the hospitality of the South-Westerners, despite your brute and callous attitude, typical of an ingrate. How I wish you even know much about the streets in your own village as much as your memory can keep the records of these places where you depend for survival without any modicum of conscience. Lagosians should be aware of people like this. They could be worse than boko haram when the chips are down…

Edu/Stuttsgat

How many bombs has ayomabi exploded my brother?

ayobami

how
mush is LASU,how much is d new tejuosho mkt etc,how much is lagos
owing,how much do u av to pay to traverse lekki-epe road,how much do u
av to pay for d use of lagos mortuaries,

ayobami

punch d tribal paper pls stop moderating me

Edu/Stuttsgat

I am sorry to spoil your fun for voicing out your deserved opposition to the infamy being perpetrated by the Jagaban, Tinuburuku. The imposition of
candidates on the Ashiwaju Confused Nigerians has gone far too long unchallenged.

Be that as it may, your case is exceptional because the Yorobas play a brand of politrics tagged clannish; wherever their perceived leader swings, their body turns. Remember operation wetie, the agitation for the revalidation of June 12 election won by their son MKO Abiola annulled by IBB. Not to be forgotten is the sell out of the noble cause.
You cannot take out the fact that if the Jagaban Tinuburuku had not held on tightly to Lagos from the rampaging tornado of OBJ when the Alliance for Democracy ceded their territory to the opposition, the now Action Congress of Nigeria would not have been so proud of making noise of a reclamation of south west from the Peoples Democratic Party.
The certified fraudster has his excesses but has earned the current leadership role he is playing for the Yorobas

Edumomoh

You spoilt
it really!!

Edu/Stuttsgat

Thank you mate

akara

You didn’t just spoil it. You also just crapped yourself. Lolxxx… Totally ridiculous and irrational comment.. But of course, very typical..

Kay Soyemi (Esq.)

Many thanks, akara.

Charcoal is only looking for relevance, but the attention it craves will only end up sending it to join the firewood for cooking the dinner pot!

Boss on point.. Though I think this is just controversial, sensational and attention seeking journalism. Though in fairness the writer tries to project a salient fact, that Tinubu’s wife is eligible to contest the position of Lagos state governor at this point in time with the laws and regulations of the Nigerian state.

However, frankly speaking “the taste of the pudding is in the eating”. Remi Tinbu contesting for the Lagos state governor is a matter of the elections and the electorate of Lagos state to decide.

Besides, Tinubu’s dilly-dallying with Buhari under the APC opposition, where I am of the personal opinion that yoruba politicians should try as much as possible to divorce themselves from Northern politicians and their interests.

Frankly, I believe it is too early to judge Tinubu, even though at this stage Tinubu does not represent yoruba interests.

Yet, look around the political landscape, is PDP a party of only south-easterners and south-southerners? Look at GEJ’s administration and the legislature, are the Northerners still not enjoying the majority of government appointments? Or is there any law that stops a yorubaman from associating with a Northerner? Is the vice-president of Nigeria not from the North?

Historically, political affiliation between the south-eastern and northern politicians, has always placed Nigeria in bondage and scuttled genuine democratic yearnings.

For example;

1. At independence in 1960, Azikwe and Shagari,
2. In 1983, Shagari and Alex ekueme.

And at that point the baton will be handed over again to the south-west using tyrants like Obasanjo or Akintola to deceive the south-westerners. And provide false assurance that there is no ethnic discirmination against south-westerners.

Truth is there is no ethnic discrimination in Nigeria, it’s simply the sharing of the countries resources, Northern politicians always fight and justify the lion’s share, southerners east or west will then fight for crumbs. The south-south was ushered in as a strategy by OBJ to provide justice for them as key resource producers to have more from their natural wealth.

However the south-south who are amateurs in the Nigerian politicial power brokage dealings, are being manipulated by south-eastern and Northern elements, and targeting yoruba politicians as scape goats to distract the south-south from their hidden agendas. And the south-south have also over-exagerated the influence of militancy in their political rise. As evidenced with the pipeline protection contracts to ex-militants, which in reality is just to put the militants on a standby mode, whereby if the south-south loses political leverage(via GEJ), they can resort to full militancy. This can be confirmed by recent outbursts on GEJ’s presidential ambitions post 2015, by ex-militants Kuku and Asari DOkubo for example.

Now the south-westerners only have Tinubu and the Buhari APC association, as their major political move. Which is very dangerous for the rest of the political caucuses in the country. As a result of their scape-goating of south-western politicians. So essentially, besides Tinubu’s actions, the south-west cannot be predicted. And this is what is confusing the south-south and south-eastern politikos, and forcing them to pay more attention to south-western politics than the politics in their own regions.

In summary this is my own opinion on the current state of the Nigerian political scene. Come 2015, the electorate will decide who they vote for. But I will repeat that it is too early to judge Tinubu. As long as we are a united Nigeria, ideally North or south no region should be marginalized politically, socially, and economically.

Complaining about the actions of Northern leaders who developed policy to favour only the North in the past may be very ridiculous, with a south-south GEJ as a sitting president, it should not be a problem for him to correct this imbalances in policy.

However, rather than the Northern politicians taking the boot, it seems the south-west politicians especially yorubas, are the ones being prosecuted. And this situation is either a strategic distraction or just plain shot-sightedness. Whichever way it goes, there will be few benefits.

If Tinubu or Buhari have broken any laws let them be prosecuted, else, I think we the yoruba electorate, should be steadfast, patient and observant. And in time repeat history as we have always done..

For the records, Tinubu was the first Nigerian to develop and propose an Independent power plant for Lagos state over 12years ago in the 1st term of his administration. It was OBJ that scuttled the plan because only the FG could authorize such a project.

Tinubu was the first governor in Nigeria to lead a state for 8 years without FG allocation. In a time where governors from all states in Nigeria are all, rushing to Lagos in the south-west to acquire properties rather than developing their own home states. This tells a lot.. Tinubu is definately on a different level from most politicians in Nigeria today, if we put all sentiments aside.

genuinely

I thought you were a bit reasonable with your previous comments. What makes you feel the south-south is amateur in Nigerian politics. The people of south-south always voted for the winners of all presidents we have produced in this country so far doesn’t make them amateur, they understand the game better than people from any other region in this country. It is a game of numbers and not of pride and arrogance as recently exhibited by most south-westerners.

The yorubas have been well known for selling out. They are doing it now in the name of opposition. Look at what they did to OBJ, few PDP governors that were sacked through the courts ( no thanks to Ayo Salami) and the open refusal to elect a Yoruba as the Speaker of the House of Reps. Do you want to blame GEJ for your own atrocities. Mr. president is trying but many of you are blind-folded by the Tinubus. The earlier you wake up from your slumber and play politics the way it ought to be the better for you.

Lek

Give thanks to those that deserve it. Akara has spoken well. Put sentiments apart. Yorubas has never support OBJ due to what he did to Awolowo (don’t ask me what) >Yourbas did not vote for OBJ in 1999. OBJ manipulated the region and in 2011 they rejected all manipulations of pdp. The political accounts of the S/W as enumerated by akara is correct. Tinubu has tried his best. People call him names, but he has never being convicted like Alams and Ibori. He stole money, all companies in Lagos belong to him, if yes it is Nigerians that are working in the companies and he pays their salaries and wages. He didn’t take the stolen money to foreign banks like others.

It is left for APC as a party to rise above politics of imposition of candidates if that has been the practice in ACN. The APC as a party should evolve the spirit of internal democracy to select/choose their leaders and shun politics of so called imposition of candidates. Long Life S/W, Long Life Nigeria

Edu/Stuttsgat

You do not cherish truth mate. Yorobas ceded their territory to opposition party PDP because of their clannish politrics. They would have continued to be in the mainstream of OBJ had succeeded with the illegitimate third term project

Awolowo / (awoo)

why wasting ur time discussing issues dat are already understood my all nigerians,expecially southwesterners. let mrs tinubu try her luck and see if electorate will regect her with there vote or not. lagos state is main for every nigerians untill nigeria in no longer one (1), which i dont pray for. mrs tinubu is a very vibrant woman,by far better than so many men that are bankrupted of governance idea,who steal,consume, and looting our money abroard. if she can do it and the party members, plus his husband can bost of her, want her, then they should not manipulate anything for her and let’s see what will happen. pls allow her to fufil her constitutional right electorates shall decide. imposition is what am against.

genuinely

Please, let me know the people I should give thanks to.

akara

Lolxxx… That exactly is the problem with you. You say the yorubas are sell-outs… Selling out to who? Read my article well, and learn from the wisdom I have shared, and maybe you can use it to educate yourself and the rest of your south-south politicians and electorate.

The south-south are definately amateurs in this game. Come 2015 if GEJ does not perform, GEJ will be voted out.

GEJ has already fallen for a big political trap by sending the Nigerian Army to fight Boko Haram in the North. What abut the fuel subsidy removal on the 1st of january 2012?

South-south politicians from GEJ to Ameachi are being manipulated by the Northerners and the south-east, that is why everyone of you are out there screaming your usual, I quote: ” The yorubas have been well known for selling out”. “They sold us out during biafra.” blah, blah.

What about the politicians from other tribes, they are all angels and saints?? Meanwhile, as per biafra there is no record of an agreement between yoruba and biafra leaders to fight together.

If GEJ does not perform and improve the lives of majority of Nigerians by 2015, he cannot win a free and fair election in Nigeria. And after insulting and feeding on propaganda about yorubas for this long, don’t expect yorubas are going to support GEJ, especially when he does not perform.

And your quote, “it’s a game of numbers”. may hold far-reaching consequences.

The majority of yoruba people want improvements in the living conditions in Nigeria. It’s that simple.

Ogbeni_MindEye

Akara, your analysis is on point. The key word is MERITOCRACY.

Edu/Stuttsgat

Yorobas are sell out pure and simple. Check out the records
Chief MKO Abiola won a free and fair election that was annulled by Foolani IBB. The undaunted business mogul refused to negotiate away the mandate freely given by Nigerian and was martyred for this noble cause.
The Yoroba dominated NADECO applauded the blue murder of the Are Ona Kankanfo of Yorobaland, MKO Abiola after brown envelops changed hands.
Yoroba OBJ went a step ahead by declaring that MKO Abiola was not the Messiah Nigeria was looking for. The same OBJ was given the chance to play the Messiah and he failed Nigeraisns woefully

genuinely

Why are you so naïve. The people of the south-south are very mature in politics that is why they have been able read the atmosphere appropriately and always produce a president irrespective of where the president is from.
For your information, GEJ is performing well and he will continue to do well.
Look at what Abiola did to Awolowo, what OBJ did to Abiola, and what you people were trying to do to OBJ, although the hands of the 3 actors above were never clean but is that the way to treat your brother? GEJ in his wisdom reserved the speakership for the yorubas but people like you say no. Why are you blaming him for your acts Mr. I know all and follow follow. You better wake up.

debarim

I am sorry to point out to you that there is nothing genuine in this hog-wahs you have ignorantly posted for all to see. When did you become a ‘commodity’ that makes you to be ‘sold out’ by the Yorubas. Are your destiny tied to that of the Yorubas? or why must the Yorubas be made to be responsible for your past, your present and your future. One can only pray God will grant you the Grace to be psychologically freed to think about your destiny and hold your future in your hands without expecting the Yorubas to be the ones that determine your future for you. It’s time to grow up and be matured. Stand to be counted or else you keep falling in the same error.

Edu/Stuttsgat

I thought elubo lafun was crying of marginalisation of the Yorobas by GEJ. Stop being a hypocrite mate

genuinely

God bless you.

genuinely

I don’t think you understand what you posted here. Is it in response to my post above? I doubt. Yorubas gave their no 4 position to Tambuwal, period!

debarim

What you would have asked yourself is to probe what had been the dividend(s) of your votes in determining who wins an election or not for over 50 years of Nationhood? An average Yoruba man is less concerned about tribal roots when it comes to politics and public office holders. He focusses more on returns and accountability from those who hold public offices and that’s why such an office as that of the ‘Speaker of the House of the Assembly’, is no issue to the Yorubas. If it had been another tribe who ‘lost’ out on ‘your power sharing formula, Nigeria would have gone to war as the boko harams are trying to do. Majority of us don’t live on politics because we are not raised to depend on others. Rather, Yorubas are more concerned on social issues, and fight for the rights of others when the need arises. That’s why in the history of equal rights’ defence and crusade in Nigeria, the names you hear are the Tai Sholarins, W. Soyinka, Gani F., F, Falana, F. Kuti…you can complete the list by being more respectful to those who deserve them.

Rhomax

Bro, I appreciate your comment but it seems to me that you want to support Tinubu’s nepotism. If truly he is to impose his wife, then it would be wise to reject him and his family. I hardly criticize the man but he will be getting this wrong by putting his wife there as the flag bearer for APC in the next elections.

akara

He has not imposed his wife. It is just a rumour. The main article is only a hypothetical analysis of Tinubu imposing his wife.

After all, Tinubu’s wife will also need to contest an election, which will be decided by the electorate.

Edu/Stuttsgat

When Senator Mamora, a serving Officer of the Upper House was solely recalled by the Jagaban and a nondescript fellow planted in his stead, how many electorate decided the fate?
Je ki a gbo ran Omo oodua

Rhomax

Okay…hope the rumour has no element of truth to it. By the way, take it easy with non-Lagosians.

Edu/Stuttsgat

Is elubo lafun an Awori or Bini man?

Edu/Stuttsgat

elubo lafun has no choice but support the Jagaban. Should he throw his weight in favour of Otunba segun Osoba who ceded his dear Ogun State to Gbenga Daniel in view of OBJ’s ambition to reign supreme in Aso Villa?

Rhomax

I know you’ll be happy with this news for it creates an avenue for you to happily criticize Tinubu. It is just an assertion anyway and if it should come true, I will watch Insha’Allah as the actions that follow play out.

Edu/Stuttsgat

For standing up to Rampaging OBJ in the Political Malfeasance embarked upon by clannish Yoroba’s Alliance of Democracy Elders, Tinuburuku is my man
For surviving on zero allocation to the entire Lagos Local Government councils for 8 solid years by the vindictive OBJ, the Jagaban Tinuburuku is my man i do not need to need to be an Action Congress of Nigeria to doff my hats for him
For pocketing the treasuries of south west, Tinuburuku is a fraud
For imposing candidates on Yoroba land The Jagaban is a fraud
For solely recalling Senator Mamora, a serving Officer of the Upper House of NASS Tinuburuku is anti decmocracy

Akeula Taiwo

Rhomax, please, this issue is not worthy of being debated anymore. If it is a dream, it will remain and die as such. What the Lagosians cant take, we will reject it outrightly. No man can ever impose any other man, let alone a woman, over millions of people as a governor. Never! I don’t even this rumour. Arrant nonsense!

Edu/Stuttsgat

Babakeu whose religion permits a woman to be seen and not heard is acting to type. Mrs Remi Tinubu must be the next Governor come 2015. The Jagaban has spoken. Who are you to disagree? Your voice is not heard in cause of Ashiwaju Confused Nigerians or the floundering Arewa Peoples Congress APC

Akeula Taiwo

Mikky, anybody can call me an extremist, which I know I am not. I will never, ever vote for any woman to be in Presidential or governorship position in this country. You dare not even impose a man, let alone a woman. God forbids such leadership position women. 1 Timothy 2:11-12 enjoin women to be submissive and forbid them from taking leadership position over men. Also, Quran 4:34 declares that men should preside over women.

Edu/Stuttsgat

No one has tagged you Babakeu extremist. You are the one bringing this appellation on to your self.
You will gladly agree with me that your stance on Remi Tinubu does not hold water in the light of the fact that Nigeria is practising Presidential system of government imported from United States of America.
For your information, Mrs Hillary Rodham Clinton was secretary of State before stepping aside for another Amazon Cordeliza Rice. Susan Rice and Oprah Winfrey can hold their own in the midst of men.
Caveman Babakeu, a young Pakistani girl is leading the campaigning for women liberation in that Islamic nation I bet you are the type who give out their daughters out for marriage at age seven (7) in this modern times in line with the hadiths

Akeula Taiwo

Who is talking about women liberation in Pakistan? Who says women should not be liberated? Does liberation only mean being in Presidential or governorship position? Women are not slaves. They are very precious and need to be protected and cared for. But two demanding leadership positions of President and governor do not befit any woman according to the Will of God. Are you saying the America system of government should supercede the commandement of God? Why then are you following the Bible? But women can hold any other leadership position among themselves, or any position which does not involve presiding over a large number of men, such as in a company or any social organisation. Unless you want to tell me you don’t believe in my Biblical quotation.

Edu/Stuttsgat

You are becoming a professional double speak Babakeu. In one breath you are for women liberation but in another you will not allow for woman governor or president. Mrs Golda Meir was one time Israeli President. She did not disappoint the Jews

Debora was a Judge in Israel. She guided Gideon to a successful campaign to liberate Israel for slavery.

Esther engrave her name in gold in the annals of Jewish kingdom in far away Persia when she dared entering the presence of the King uninvited to protect her people with hindsight from her Uncle Mordecai.

I do follow the Bible Babakeu

Rhomax

True that. It is a rumour and I pray it stays that way. Thank you again for your defense of Islam. Jazakumullahu Khairan Kathiran.

Odenigbo

Akara, you almost spoil show here in your previous comments before you come back to your senses. All the same, I think you are fall back on-track and I think your new comment make sense though. Please stop being emotional on issues that have to do or involve your tribe, Yorubas. The writer of this article is also a Yoruba. To me, he is objective in his article.

akara

I don’t have anything against non-yorubas. And Mr Kayode is definately on point.. But I wanted to highlight to him not to play to the gallery. Meaning it is too early to judge the merits of Tinubu’s alliance with Buhari. And the main article is in itself targeted towards attention seeking and sensationalism, regarding Tinubu’s wife.

However it is very typical on this forum for some non-yorubas to always make derogatory comments against yoruba interests.

And it is only right to respond to such people appropraitely. Tinubu is a politician in a united Nigeria, and he is responsible for his own actions. I’m personally not in favour of his alliance with Buhari, but what options do yorubas have.

Majority of yorubas voted in GEJ(note not PDP) or Buhari because of his potentials due to his educational background. Today GEJ has not lived up to the expectations and hopes invested in him. And it is only natural for GEJ to be criticized by such yorubas with dashed expectations, like me.

However it is very common for some non-yorubas to be making false claim and accusations against yorubas, that yorubas did not vote for GEJ. And that Tinubu/Buhari is equvalent to yorubas and hausas, sabotaging GEJ. How many yorubas protested when the presidential results where announced? Was the entire south not mourning the death of southerners in the North like youth-corpers, in post-election violence? Fuelled by Buhari’s dispute on the election results.

I’ll repeat again, if GEJ can provide just 24hrs stable electricity for the majority of Nigerian citizens in Nigeria before 2015 elections. Even if presidential elections are held every week in Nigeria, 1000Buharis and Tinubus cannot defeat GEJ in a free and fair election.

The only effective government in Nigeria is in Lagos state. And this was the brain-child of Tinubu, which is being managed by Fashola very competently. Non-yorubas should develop their own regions and attract other tribes to come and live with them.

It is not only Lagos, go all over the south-west, Ogun state alone has got more non-yorubas living in it, than the yorubas living in all the states of the south-south or the south-east.

Compare this with the vendetta against yorubas working in the oil services in the south-south in mid-2000, by their indigenes.

Tinubu will unveil his plans to the yoruba people in due time, that is when he will be judged on whether he can win the yoruba electrorate or not. It is just too early for the yoruba people to decide. And that is my message to Mr Kayode..

Hope I’m clear.

Kay Soyemi (Esq.)

Akara, I am not sure I got your messages all along, but I have kept on giving it them the “thumbs up” simply because I agreed with them. So, you are probably preaching to the converted!

I have very little admiration for BAT, but I have even less for GEJ; and GMB has never been my cup of tea, even though I see him as the best of the three I mentioned. My vote went for Ribadu, but that is a different matter.

I draw my lines where the discourse veers onto tribal mudfests or religious myopism! I also refuse to support any form of dictatorship or feudalism, which is what BAT’s actions would fully translate into if this tosh about Oluremi becoming the Lagos State Guv were to come to pass.

Like you, as I stated on another discussion relating to GEJ flagging off the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway revamp, if he was to succeed in providing a stable 24 hr electricity across the country, GEJ would have not only my vote, but my active support. I do not pretend to speak for the Yoruba, but I can bet my 10 kobo, they would do the same, regardless of APC or Alabukun.

Edu/Stuttsgat

Go take care of your Mindless Mass Murderer Osama Bin Shekau and his demented Boko Haram Foot soldiers. Your dear north is in disarray with the Joint Task Force offensive

Gideon17Up

Akara, I agree with you. If GEJ can just provide 24 hours stable electricity for Nigeria, a million Buhari or Tinubu can never unseat him. Had he done that, he will surely win again. We the Yorubas think through things before we cast our votes unlike the rest of other tribes, especially, the Hausas/Fulanis or the Igbos.

Edu/Stuttsgat

You sounded off initially to be a political scientist only to turn out an amateur of the lowest order.
First and foremost, elubo lafun, The Rt Hon Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was Ceremonial Head of State while Alhaji Tafawa Balewa was Prime Minister. This was to the discomfiture of your power hungry but serial loser to send Apparatchiks to Ghana to train as guerrilla preparatory to invading our dear native land. For this felony he was sentenced to Calabar Prison where Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu rescued him.
The ungrateful Yoroba paid Ndigbos back with Starvation as Legitimate Weapon of War. He began his Igbophobia with chasing away of the Nnamdi Azikiwe as the legitimate Premier of Western Region after the futile quest for Federal Power with Tafawa Balewa.
The malnourished Ndigbo who survived the pogrom were handed just twenty pound irrespective of the original deposit by the owner. Yoroba OBJ continued where he clansman stopped with his Indigenisation decree skewed in favour of the Yorobas.
In this current dispensation, Your Yorobas margnalised yourselves in President Goodluck Jonathan’ds administration
Your Egbon OBJ voluntarily relinquish his Chairman Board of Trustees of PDP which he later struggled with all his energies to take back
Madam Mulikat was supposed to be Speaker House of Representatives bu the Ako Bata Foolanis joined forces with their feudal lords to planted Tambuwal on the lower house of NASS
Mikkyduff took time to enlighten us of a malaise tagged superiority complex wherein a south south person occupying Aso Villa is not good enough for that exalted office in the eyes of Yorobas hence the epithet visionless, spineless and drunk moron ascribed to both office and person of GEJ
Suffice to say that it took Boko Haram excesses just yesterday for you to a rethink of the Jagaban’s romance with the rabid war monger GMB. The born to rule mentality of the Foolanis has not changed be it Buhari who is leading the campaign for change
Shine ya eyes

Rhomax

I can’t agree with you more.

Kay Soyemi (Esq.)

Thanks, Rhomax.

BEEJAY

Hello, friend, what kin dof personal problem do you have with Tinubu ? You had better not kll yourself. The person God has liyed,God has lifted him. Leave Bola Tinubu alone and face your own. Yes, you can criticise his move but i suggest you don’t personalise it. Thank you.

Kay Soyemi (Esq.)

Beejay, I like the way you put your question.

No, I don’t have any problem or issue with Tinubu. I just won’t accept things that are not right, be it from Tinubu, OBJ, GEJ or whomsoever. This is not personal intoto, but if his family were to dominate every sphere of life that concerns my wellbeing and existence, then you can rightly accuse me of making it personal if I object to it.

For all I truly care, if there is a worthier Igbo or Hausaman or non-Yoruba person who wishes to be the Governor in Lagos as opposed to a Yoruba person, that person would have my support and vote.

As it is, the only thing riding for Remi Tinubu is her husband. That is not good enough for me, if this rumour or kite flying were to come to life.

Emeka

Lagos is not inhabited by Yorubas alone. You people should always make constructive arguments and stop delving into the irresponsibility of clannish tribalism and sometimes religious bigotry. I have respect for Tinubu and most of his actions. That does not in any way make him infallible because he is still human.
The write up by Olupohunda is both factual, subjective and objective. It has nothing to do Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa, Efik or Ijaw culture. Let us be real sometimes. He mentioned some families to buttress his points so hold him on those facts and disagree with him if you have valid points to counter his position.

akara

It is a sensational article based on a controversial political actor as it’s subject. And that is Kay Soyemi’s grouse. If you are non-yoruba and resident of Lagos, is it not better to make constructive and civil commentary without ridiculing yourself and insulting yoruba people as a whole?

Gideon17Up

I agree that Lagos is not inhabited by Yorubas alone, nor Enugu inhabited by Enugu alone. The fact remains that, Lagos belong to the Yorubas, just like Enugu belongs to the Igbos.

Olori1947

It the Edo who founded and named it Eko, they are the descendant of Oduduwa. igbo go home, you’re poison

Sholasholdings Sholasholdings

MANY RIGHT THINKING LAGOSIANS WOULD AGREE WITH YOU ON MOST OF THE ISSUES YOU ADDRESSED
QUESTION IS WHAT ALTERNATIVE DO WE HAVE?
PDP IS AN UMBRELLA THAT SHOULD ACCOMMODATE LP AND OTHER SERIOUS PARTIES IN LAGOS AND FIELD CANDIDATES SUCH AS JIMI AGBAJE AND GIVE US AN ALTERNATIVE
ALAS
PDP REMAINS A DIVIDED PARTY IN LAGOS
PDP LOST OGUN AND OYO STATES TO PDP FACTIONS AND ACN IS IN POWER AT BOTH OGUN AND OYO
PDP, LAGOS, PDP OGUN, PDP OYO ,PDP EKITI LIKE PDP RIVERS STATE REMAINS A DIVIDED HOUSE
THAT IS THE TRAGEDY REALLY
NO ONE IS HAPPY WITH A POLITICAL MERCINERY/A RASCAL FOOLING LAGOSIANS AROUND

BUT HE SUCCEEDS BECAUSE GOOD PEOPLE DO NOTHING
WHEN PDP PUTS ITS HOUSE IN ORDER IN LAGOS,. AND PRESENTS AN ACCEPTABLE CREDIBLE ALTERNATIVE AND PEOPLE VOTE FOR A GOOD MAN /WOMAN WHO CAN LEAD SUCH AN EFFECTIVE COALITION REGARDLESS OF PARTY AFFILIATION WE WILL GET THERE.
WE MUST NOT DISCRIMNATE ON GENDER OR RELIGIOUS BASIS IN OUR CHOICE
LET THE BEST CANDIDATE WIN

DAPO SHOGBOLA

LAGOS, NIGERIA

Kay Soyemi (Esq.)

Sir, I cannot agree with you more!

More poignant is the fact that the Naija brand of democracy is not based on ideology as this would have made it easier for us to sort the wheat from the chaff.

As it is, we can only but wait to see the caliber of the personalities that would mount the soap box come 2015. As for me, and like you, the gender is irrelevant, neither is the tribe as long as that candidate would deliver for ALL.

Omole

I think your inherent hatred towards BAT has poorly coloured your opinion and reaction to this article. Please reread the piece of writing and react intelligently.

Kay Soyemi (Esq.)

Yes, Sir.

Thank you for your kind elucidation.

Sadly though, it does not appeaar based on any profound erudity or revelation. How did you manage to read my mind?

Can you kindly go back to sleep now or are you still in a state somnobulence?

Femi Pedro

Kay, bayo is just flying a kite so to speak. But I know the kite will crash land soon

Kay Soyemi (Esq.)

I agree with you. Just the nerve!!

Simply outrageous and preposterous, I say.

May the kite (made out of newspaper, rather than nylon) crash land on a muddy and untarred road in Ajegunle. Amen

Femi Pedro

Looool amen

Sholasholdings Sholasholdings

LAGOS IS MINI NIGERIA

THE PEOPLE MUST PUT RELIGION AND GENDER ASIDE AND VOTE FOR THE BEST CANDIDATE

SINCE 1993 IN THIS COUNTRY, WE HAVE ALL LEARNT TO SETTLE FOR GOD’S CHOICE

BEFORE HE RAN FOR OFFICE, MANY OF US WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE SAME CLUB ON THE ISLAND WITH TUNDE FASHOLA NEVER DREAMT HE WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE GOVERNOR SOME DAY.

DAPO SHOGBOLA,

LAGOS, NIGERIA

Wisetot

What is the import of your message? What a shame! So Tinubu and his cohort are the only most intelligent group to rule your state? You should be ashamed of yourself.

zendys

Did you read the article? The references that were made in that article, were they failures? So far has senator remi come across to you as a failure in the senate? Or is she the only former first lady in the senate? I thought what anybody should do would be to assess the woman by her performance, which is what Americans are doing wit senator Clinton instead of all these unnecessary biased arguments.

akara

Welcome my dear. Out here there are all sort of depressed Nigerians especially non-yorubas, who actively think they can decide and choose the political objectives for yorubas. They also actively insult, and blame yorubas for every problem under the sun. Even if they have craw-craw tommorrow, they will say it’s yorubas that caused it. Seriously ridiculous lot, try to ignore them as much as you can.

David

When Saraki built political empire and ensured economic stranglehold on Kwara we all condemned his actions. Asiwaju should not dabble into doing such as it will be easy for his credibility to go up in flames. I heard in the news today that Asiwaju anointed Fayemi for 2nd term in Ekiti, that is undemocratic. Even if he has performed well he should be subjected to primary election since there are chieftains of his party that have shown interest in contesting his office. i hope Asiwaju wont be destroying his own house by arrogating too much power to himself.
I do not want to believe in this write up because the woman I admire her unassuming personality had said she would not consider becoming Lagos governor!

Zendys

Did you watch American elections? If you did, I’m sure you saw Clinton endorse, anoint and campaign for Barrack Obama. There’s nothing wrong in that it behoves the people of ekiti to chose who will help them achieve their dream Ekiti.

Sabastian

One of the major problems with this country is the obsession with politics as if it is what cures people illnesses, puts food on the table or builds schools. The Fayemi has been elected by his people to govern why should he leave his job to be contesting for primary election that he will win anyway only to have hurt party members as an end result and still opposition to fight.

jzun

in developed countries a ruling party will make its governor or president face primaries only when he is thought to have performed woefully; it is traditional to waive primaries once his first tenure is considered fairly okay. So, on that pointnothing special happened but the fact that Tinubu used it display power is not the best.

Sholasholdings Sholasholdings

REMI IS NOT BOLA AHMED
GENDER AND RELIGION SHOULD NOT BE OUR GUIDE
WE WILL ALL SETTLE FOR GOD’S CHOICE AT THE END OF THE DAY
IF PDP GETS ITS HOUSE TOGETHER AND PRESENTS A CREDIBLE ALTERNATIVE, LAGOS MAY HAVE AN OPTION
A DIVIDED HOUSE CAN NOT FACE THE ONSLAUGHT
THAT IS THE TRUTH

THAT IS THE IMPORT OF MY COMMENT
I AM A CONCERNED CITIZEN-NOT A POLITICIAN

akara

You are obviously not a lagosian, neither are you yoruba. So follow my advice and use your wisdom for your own enclave.

Lilian

Brown envelope has exchanged hands again! How much did the Tinubu’s pay you for this piece? Thief.

Edu/Stuttsgat

He has done a good job Amazon

Dele

Let us spare the messenger (article writer) of his shortcomings for now and receive
the message with an open mind.

Anything is possible in Nigeria and I can assure you that if Bola Tinubu wants his wife and children to rule Lagos state for another 20 years it is possible.

As Nigerians we have created a reputation for ourselves, please don’t ask me if it
is bad or good. …. It is sidon look!

If we can;

Fold our arms and not ask our legislators to disclose their income

Still glorify IBB after legalizing corruption

Not ask why the President has over 7 jets in his fleet and yet no national carrier

Not ask why Lagos-Ibadan expressway is still not resurfaced

Not ask why government officials are not declaring their assets

Not ask for monthly presidential address on the state of the nation

Not ask why armed robbers, kidnappers, militants, and terrorists have taken over our
country

Not ask why electricity supply has become a privilege for the poor

Not ask why over 90% university graduates are unemployed

….. then Remi Tinubu will rule Lagos, even her children.

Rhomax

You are on point!

thevoice

My fellow Nigerians, Mr. Bayo asked a simple question and the responses so far suggest that Lagosians/Nigerians aren’t joking. Simply put even if Bola Tinubu want to impose Remi as Governor, people wont vote for her because she is not fit for the position. Also, Remi herself made it know in an interview that she is too weak to be Lagos State Governor.

I just like Lagos State,they believe they are the smartest and most highly intelligent,but u find d most imposed Governor,Iyaloja(market women leader),Commisioners,local government chairmen here.So,am not surprised 2 see Remi Tinubu as ur next Governor,Asiwaju’s gateman as d cheif security officer of d state,son as the head of services,grandson as the Remi Tinubu’s deputy.Whereas,Ondo state as liberated herself.Lagos state is still under HIM.I love Lagos state

tutu

I just like Lagos State,they believe they are the smartest and most highly intelligent,but u find d most imposed Governor,Iyaloja(market women leader),Commisioners,local government chairmen here.So,am not surprised 2 see Remi Tinubu as ur next Governor,Asiwaju’s gateman as d cheif security officer of d state,son as the head of services,grandson as the Remi Tinubu’s deputy.Whereas,Ondo state as liberated herself.Lagos state is still under HIM.I love Lagos state

akara

Is the market women leader a political post under INEC??? Even a high school kid, should be able to exhibit some common sense..

Edu/Stuttsgat

Why was the Professional Laing Mohammed shouting that GEJ took over the reins of government at the National Youth Council?
Hypocrisy is a Big Vice

akara

You did not book an appointment, next patient pls..

Edu/Stuttsgat

Is elubo lafun one of the fake Native Doctors in the mould of Awosan from Canada?

David

@wisetot, you are a fool because you’re not smart. The correctness of the name is a legitimate part of this discussion. If you called yourself a columnist for a major Nigerian newspaper you must not misinformed your readers. It didn’t make any sense that this writer used Mrs Clinton middle name to sound like her first name to confused his readers. ( He got the middle name spelling wrong) At least, he supposed to provide a context in the body of the article by using her full name. For example, you do not address or write article about former President Clinton by using just his middle name Jefferson Clinton. You will write William Jefferson Clinton.

Leke

Must you call someone a fool before you can make your point. I have not bothered reading your response as I was completely put off by your attitude. You may have a good point but calling people names will spoil your efforts.

David A.B.

Sometimes I feel so disgusted when I see the way rumors and hear-say are celebrated in Nigeria! The purpose of this article is still not clear to me. Who do we believe, the rumor or the denial by the person in question? I think the author of the article should have not wasted his time and time of we his readers in this nonsense called ‘an article’, even when the person involved has totally denied it and even said she’s not worthy of such an assignment.

jzun

the writer was paid to fly a kite to test the waters.

omooba

This is a bad kite that won’t fly. It is an idiotic article.

jzun

I suspect it is a kite too; the problem is …the alternative, when any other party fields a credible alternative and do not betray him (because BAT will spend his last for the project). when a reasonable party present a viable alternative, then we will have hope.
Please Agbaje; start warming up.

jzun

even the surname of the writer leaves much to be desired: “Olupohunda” obviously he changed it from “Fapohunda”. However; “Olupohunda” implies that “The Lord Changes his words or is inconsistent” (God forbid!). The man should just have called himself a name that was not connected to his old ancestral name or he should have asked himself of the meaning of the new altered surname that he gave himself.
It shows someone who is sloppy and not meticulous in his conduct.

omooba

Well spotted. PUNCH sucks because it is more catholic than the Pope in the sense that it is blatantly pro-ACN/APC; much more so than Tinubu’s very own THE NATION newspaper. A few days ago, it flew an equally annoying ‘Tambuwal for president’ kite.

Okhokuo Niyokuo

Congratulations, Kay Soyemi, for a very well crafted response. First, your cerebral approach to the issue and, the fluid language. Here is my take: a few Nigerians of Bola Tinubu’s ilk are unaware of the wind of change blowing across the world, ie, that people are beginning to hold their leaders accountable; are no longer content with being mere onlookers. Except perhaps, that our leaders either do not listen to foreign news or are too foolish to think that there could never be a replay of the on-going Egypt example in Nigeia. I say ‘what a pity’. Soon and very soon, the bottom will fall off. My brother, I want Tinubu to attempt fielding his wife for governorship. That would be the point at which he’d rue. Those whom the gods want to kill, they first make mad

Festoo

A piece of poor journalism. However, the Yorubas are slaves of the tinubu dynasty and will remain so forever. come 2015 again he will be jetted to Aso rock and the stupid Yorubas who are now shouting GEJ must go will as usual foolishly vote GEj. Accursed tribe

akara

Lol.. Pls read you comment again… You really should see a doctor.. Lolxxxxx…

Festoo

You can go ahead and read it, dumb head. Is ther any lie in what I just said? Was it not same thing that happened in 2011. They were all shouting no PDP no PDP just 4 days to the election baba Tinubu, the ASiwaju of Yorubaland, CEO lagos state entered a presidential jet to Abuja and every yoruba man foolishly voted without asking why the sudden change when we have our own ACN candidate

akara

Seriously where are you from? I really don’t want to spend time educating you pls see a doctor…

jzun

u are too stupid for words.

Festoo

truth is extremely bitter.

Edu/Stuttsgat

He touched your underbelly?

akara

No he did not, rather it was the stuff that comes out of that part of my body where the sun don’t shine? Lolxxxx…

Edu/Stuttsgat

Where is the asinwin in chief abiodun johnson?

Ejetavwo

This article appear sponsored by the Tinubus to test the political waters as usual and in tandem with the aspiration and dictatorial mindset of the Asiwaju himself. I just pray that lagosians would not be taken for ride this time around. Bola Tinubu has just installed his daughter as president of market men and women association and Tinubu, himself remain the alter ego of the NURTW “Agberos” in Lagos. Remi Tinubu recently acknowledged that she does not understand the workings of the senate two years on. All she does is to collect the huge allowance and forget to represent Lagosians well.

ganiyu maroof

personally i dont see anything wrong with anybody , man or woman,old or young ,aspiring to hold any office in this country once they are eligible and credible. But, according to the writer, under a free n fear electoral process.

Sagba

The catch here is that she will be the first democratically elected State Governor in Nigeria. I have a feeling Tinubu will install Remi the way he did with his daughter as Iyaloja of Lagos State. Time will tell sha.

jzun

we will see if lightning will strike twice in the same spot.

ayobami

it can strike 50 times in yoruba land

jzun

that is only because it can strike 500 toime in ijaw land. why did ur drunk brother kill 4 itsekiri people that Rita Lori-Ogbebor is complaining about?

BB@t

Let 4get sentiment or personal interest or otherwise, I think what should be our paramount focus is the ELECTORAL SYSTEM. If we can ve a credible election, it will now depend on d electorate to choose whether Mrs Tinubu or anyone. As for me, I see nothing bad in Tinubu & d article.

Dele Odugbemi

Yoruba heritage will not favour Madam Tinubu as the next Governor of Lagos state because her husband was the governor of same state for eight unbroken years but she can continue as a Senator because she is amiable and focused and such can lead her to become the first Woman Senate president after APC clears all elections in 2015.
I trust, Asiwaju Tinubu will not make such blunders by imposing her wife as the next governorship candidate on Lagos ACN/APC because that could tarnish his high political profile he has worked very hard to achieve and ultimately lead to the loss of Lagos to corrupt PDP.

We need an energetic, intelligent, focused and pragmatic man like Babatunde Fashola to take over from him as the next governor of Lagos state in 2015, so Asiwaju Tinubu and governor Fashola should start searching for a competent Man among the members of ACN in Lagos for the governorship race in 2015 but those who aspire including women should be allowed to go for primaries that should be held under free and fair conditions.

Edu/Stuttsgat

This is a certified fraudster. Ayobami pings from a Black Berry not laptop Get out fake

Amoka

At least (even) Adedibu did not install his wive and children like this.

Edu/Stuttsgat

The Amala politician was not a fraudster. That marks the difference

jzun

no, he was just god-father to armed robbers.

jyde

i wonder where u got that name for Hillary Clinton

Dele Odugbemi

@ Ayobami, i am sure you are jinxed or witched by some bad women and men from your father side, why cant you write comments that have some meanings to our senses? Can you compare the achievements during the tenures of ACN governors under both Tinubu and Fashola in Lagos with tenures of former PDP governors in Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Ekiti and Osun? We must be objective in our criticisms, so that those concerned would accept such in good faith.
I personally do not support the candidacy of Madam Tinubu as next governor of Lagos state but we should not result to insulting her and the husband who has not confirmed that his wife will be the next candidate of ACN/APC in next governorship election in 2015.

akara

@ayobami is a yoruba impersonator obsessed with yoruba people and their politics. There are quite a few like him out here.

ayobami

you are very wrong,i av a divine task to liberate d yoruba race who av been blind folded with sentiments and propaganda.i am just following d likes of kingsley kuku who is an objective & independent minded yorubaman.oda yorubas shud follow dis pattern

jzun

sharrap! ur comments in the past has betrayed your igbo identity!

ayobami

igbo indeed,anyone dat profess d truth 2 yoruba man is an igbo man

Hauser

You have not liberated Ijaw. You remain an underdog as far as Yoruba affairs are concerned

omoyibo claiming ayobami; Ideally it is not an attractive idea for Mrs Tinubu to become governor of lagos but it does not lie in the mouths of dogs like you to condemn tinubu because I have seen that you a rabid tribalist.

Edu/Stuttsgat

On a very serious note, yours sincerely returned to motherland and paid a courtesy call on a brother at Orile Iganmu. The sight that confronted me numbed me beyond words. There were gutters everywhere but no motorable roads in sight. The deplorable state was not there when my uncle lived in the same Orile Iganmu sometime in the past. It is disgusting a sight especially for the Laing Mohammed and opposition trains lampooning GEJ over Benin Ore Road

Ogbeni_MindEye

This is complete intellectual dishonesty from the author of this write up. There is no basis for comparism between Tinubu, Kennedy or Clinton’s families. Tinubus of this world were known to be ‘an emperor without cloth’ especially BAT. Anyone can check their history, the first known popular Madam Tinubu was known to be a slave trader of fellow men and making huge fortunes out of their woes.

Yorubas have no time for all these ongoing nonsense of monarchial political ascendancy, the only thing that is making many people hold on their breath is that nature abhors vacuum. If Tinubu disappeared from the political scene, what would rather be a good option for replacement, that is the kind of critical thinking most people should be engaging themselves with.

Finally, If Tinubu is what punch desires for dinner, you guys can as well bent down and take it from him.

prince t

I do not want to comment on Remi Tinubu until later. However I took offence to manipulation of facts by the Bayo oluponda
” In all of her time as a politician, never for once was Mrs. Clinton’s political career linked to the influence of her husband”

The above was not true. Bill Clinton actually asserted his influence until he resulted to racial slurs that made some of Clinton’s ppl to turn against him. His racial comments like obama’s father could have been seving him tea actually backfired. Let writers not infuenced the public with lies, manipulated or sponsored write up.

“she successfully understudied her husband’s successful presidency as a First Lady. Incidentally”
It is on record that Hillary has been nursing presidential ambition even before bill clinton become a governor. She supposed to divorce him then but did not because of her ambition. We may not be educated or have read big books but we have knowledge

AnthonyIloegbunam

Ashiwaju is the godfather of the southwest fo now, and what ever that comes out of his mouth is for Real. His Son or any of his daughters can be named int any position, and so shall it be. Nobody will challenge him. He is now the Baal of the southwest, but there must come another Elijah of out time to send down fire on him.

OYEDIRAN A.

My fear is not about Remi Tinubu becoming the next lagos state governor, but immediately after the election those that have been hypnotise by ACN lies,hypocrisy , deception and negative propaganda may wake up to respond violently, i pray we do not witness what we are see in Egypt, Brasil, and the middle east here, bc this man feel he is playing play station 5 and lagosian are the gamepad.

GBENGA TAIWO

Those who write and comment on TINUBU on the pages of newspapers and the internet are nigerians without voters card. They are loquacious set of people that will never go and vote on election day. they were there when TInubu made his wife senator,impose people all over the place ang got away with it. Yet the man is smart,astute leader, that thrive on the principle of liive lets live. He has supporters that can die for him across the country. these his supporters are the down troden whose life he has positively affected, who will not toy with their voters card and who will go out and vote , just to vote for whoever their leader ask them to vote for even,when it rains heavily on election days. so u guys stop all these rubbish, Jagaban is an acepted leader to his people and he is doing well

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Oladunni

Remi becoming governor! That will be too bad.

Yusuf_dele

I know lagosans will act at the right time

ogbeni naija

In the past,remember that their 1st class obas has been bought over,they are all in the palm of Tinubus. They have sold their birth right and if anyone veture oppose them,they will deny such. Quote me.

Edu/Stuttsgat

It will not be something new as the sage blazed the trail being trod by the Jagaban. Who caused the animosity raging between the Alaafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and Oni of Ife Oba Okunade Sijuade?
The sage did same in Warri in elevating the Olu of Itsekiri over the Warri Kingdom
You are either in the train or you do not belong. That is the Ideology of the Yorobas

jzun

That is called; REAL POLITICK.

Umah G

Which act, and which right time? Forget this false ego and self-glorifying statement. Just two weeks ago, Tinubu gathered leaders, or so they call them, on the date of the late surrogate mother’s fidau, and told them that he had donated the house of the late Alhaja to them, and they all clapped their hands and praised him to the high heavens. Part two: he told them that his daughter had now been made the iyaloja of Lagos, and they all went away sorrowfully, like the rich man Jesus advised to sell his property and help the poor. Mention one step that Tinubu had ever taken to install his family member in any position that “Lagosians” had anything to do. The Yoruba system is a patronising one and that is why Tinubu is doing all what he is doing without any challenger. It can only happen in the SW.

jzun

u are a blind idiot; this mainly due to non-availabilty of better alternative.
Also nopte; that as bad as the politics of Lagos has become, there has been the delivery of dividends of democracy in Lagos than any where else in Nigeria. You can take that to the bank.

emperor

At first i wanted to withhold my comment,but if i do posterity will judge me guilty.Kay soyemi has said it all.He who has ears to hear let them hear.You don’t compare the kenedy’s,clintons,bush who believe in the core tenets of democracy with someone whose election is done by imposition.He failed in ondo state and if such move is repeated in lagos come 2015 he will definitely fail again.

These are men who don’t know when to stop stealing.I must say i am totally disappointed in olupohunda for this article which sounds like your pen was bought with filthy lucre to write.What we practice is Nigeria is not democracy,a democracy that cannot compel the president to declare his assets,and with your level of assumed intelligence you are quick to compare it with american democracy and voting system.Life is not all about money but legacy.Nothing is more sickening than seeing a writer who cannot speak the truth with his pen.

ogbeni naija

Yekini Amoda Ogunlere (Bola Tinubu) has bought over all the Lagos traditional rulers with the money he stole from their people,still they are dancing foolishly to the drum of foolishness. I pity the real Lagosians. Someone say his name is Tinubu & you know that his real name is YEKINI AMODA OGUNLERE FROM IRAGBIJI OSUN STATE.The traditional rulers knows this but because Mr Yekini Amoda Ogunlere has sealed their mouths with money,then they can do anything.I BET YOU ALL,YEKINI AMODA OGUNLERE WILL DETHRONE ALL OF YOU AND ENTHRONE HIS CHILDREN as traditional rulers over all Lagos communities including IGA IDUGARAN & i know the moment he gives them money,they are ready to forego there traditional stools & nothing will happen.WAIT & SEE.

akara

If you are speaking the truth. Why do you impersonate someone else? Do you think Nigerians are fools?

From your writing analysis, you are not yoruba. Why don’t you leave the yoruba people alone?

Kaze A

You never ever hide your tribal paraphernalia when any issue of public interest calls your so called education to question. Because Ogbeni naija is today thinking outside the box, you are doubting his “Yorubaness”. This guy is one of the Yoruba bigots that sees nothing good in a minoirty being the president of Nigeria as GEJ is not a Yoruba man. All along, with all your known one-way thinking, you have never queried his being a Yoruba, but today, because he is asking salient questions on what every reasonable Nigerian knows; you are displaying your ostrich behaviour. I am very sure you are one of the fools Tinubu had been using to subjugate most Yorubas. Welcome your excellency 2015!

I believe PUNCH has made a mistake by appointing this man a columnist. He is not informed. Most of his writings are only based on beer-parlour talks and sheer sentiments.

ladi9lives

I agree completely.Whilst in these climes it is almost impossible for the over-reaching influence of their association (family or otherwise)not to come into play.On the surface it would be an injustice to deny that individual the right to aspire to office.especially if they are qualified as hillary clinton apparently is. The kennedy dynasty still stands as a reference point as well. If we step outside the controversial reputation that her husband has become synonymous with and some methodologies he has exhibited in some “selections”, why should she not run?

ogbeni naija

YORUBA RONUN.DONT MORTGAGE YOUR RIGHT & FUTURE BECAUSE OF TOKEN YOU ARE GETTING FROM TINUBU.MANY OF THOSE BRAVE YORUBA POLITICIANS CAN NO LONGER TALK BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOLD THEIR AGE,KNOWLEDGE & PERSONS TO TINUBU.THEY HAVE BEEN RUBBISHED BY TINUBU.HABA!!!!!!!!!
EJE KARONU WAA

Abiola Griffins

This is no “Lagos” thing, it’s all about “sincerity of purpose”. Tinubu’s name shouldn’t come now, I believe Lagos was not created for them alone. Why not try someone else? if Bola Tinubu had not allowed Fasola, who would ever think Lagos could be what it is today? why go round in a circle when we can actually move on up? “one day monkey go go market wey him no go come back”

Yusuf_dele

I hope all lagosans will see it your way Abiola

Edu/Stuttsgat

Unfortunately the Jagaban will have his way. His acolytes are all over the place

Samuel Abiodun Ogunlade

If she can contribute her own experience and wealth to Lagosian, let her go ahead of the position. GOD bless her and her family. she is doing fine at senate floor anyway. Please let her doing her job. thank you

ozaluoku

tinubu is a disaster and will surely account for this mess some day

akara

Lolxxx… Is it the Tinubu of Umuahia or the Tinubu of Owerri??

killimanjaro/London

It does not matter, after all we Africans comments on European affairs, how much Nigerians on Nigeria scenery

Monday

THAT IS THE PAINFUL TRUTH AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS NOTHING ANYBODY CAN DO ABOUT IT. TINUBU IS LAGOS, LAGOS=TINUBU

akara

I hope this does not sound offensive but you should be careful about what you consider as truth. Education is the sum total of experience and information available at an individual’s disposal, and the ability to make rational, and logical decisions as a result.

You have made a very uneducated comment. There is no iota of truth in your comment and if you decide to fester on such lies and misconceptions, you are responsible for the consequences.

akeebaba

THIS ARTICLE IS JUST FISHING,TRYING TO GAUGE THE FEELINGS OF THE LAGOSIANS CONCERNING THE MATTER.ANYWAY PURPOSE SERVED,YOU CAN GO AND REST NOW.
INSTALLING A PERSON AS IYALOJA OF LAGOS,IS DIFFERENT FROM BEING LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR.YES TINUBU COULD MANIPULATE HIS WAY THROUGH ACN OR APC.BUT WHEN IT COMES TO GENERAL ELECTION.THE OPPOSITION WOULD WIN.
TINUBU”S WIFE HAD NOT DEMOSTRATED THAT SHE CAN LEAD LAGOS-STATE,AND TO CAP IT,SHE IS NOT FROM LAGOS-STATE JUST LIKE HER HUSBAND.YORUBA USUALLY VOTES THE BEST OF TWO EVILS.SO THE OPPOSITION GOT THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM.

Olori1947

igbo don’t believe in leaving in harmony, they’re like weeds, they need to be pluged out, them when they’re young, if you believe you develope lagos, why not take your knowledge and develop your own state, privately and publicly we’re tried and feed up with you, you do everything in bad fate from fake merchandise to medication, you’er bad breeds